The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and HistoryHarvard University Press, 1958 - 465 pagine Through the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them. But the result is always a mixture. The linguistic evolution of Italy parallels this development, and presented as part of the cultural history it beomes a colorful and exciting tale.--dust jacket. |
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Pagina 72
... possessed by humans only.1 " Man began his career as an anthropoid who was just learning to talk . He was distinguished from all other animal species by the faculty of articulate speech . It was this faculty which transformed the ...
... possessed by humans only.1 " Man began his career as an anthropoid who was just learning to talk . He was distinguished from all other animal species by the faculty of articulate speech . It was this faculty which transformed the ...
Pagina 98
... the species they may belong to ( and most of them certainly were not of the homo sapiens type ) as human beings , at least as anthropoids , as we must since they possessed a human culture , shown in their Italy in the Stone Ages.
... the species they may belong to ( and most of them certainly were not of the homo sapiens type ) as human beings , at least as anthropoids , as we must since they possessed a human culture , shown in their Italy in the Stone Ages.
Pagina 258
... possessed some land , or be prosperous craftsmen , shopkeepers , and laborers , they were not allowed to be members of the senate or participate directly in the burdens and privileges of the city's administration ; that is to say , they ...
... possessed some land , or be prosperous craftsmen , shopkeepers , and laborers , they were not allowed to be members of the senate or participate directly in the burdens and privileges of the city's administration ; that is to say , they ...
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